Another Man Tore Ashlee and Pete Apart: Her Dad

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz had lunch together with son Bronx in Beverly Hills this week, giving some hope to shell-shocked friends that they might reconsider their divorce. Insiders tell me, however, that's not going to happen if Ashlee's dad, Joe Simpson, has his way.

"Just like when Jessica split from Nick, Joe is doing nothing to encourage Ashlee to give the marriage another try, if only for the sake of her son," an insider tells me. "Joe likes being the only man in his daughters' lives and is happy that Ashlee has moved back into his home [in Encino, Calif.], just like Jessica did after she announced she was leaving Nick."

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Ashlee and Pete married in May 2008, when Ashlee was 23 and Pete was 28. Their son Bronx Mowgli Wentz was born later that year. A source told PEOPLE that the real reason for the split was that they married too young. (Twenty eight is young?)

In their only statement on the split, the pair claimed they "remain friends and deeply committed and loving parents to our son Bronx, whose happiness and well-being remains our No.1 priority."

Pete, who is said to be devastated by the news, has been begging Ashlee to reconsider and has even reached out to her parents in a last-ditch effort to get her back.

"Joe got rid of Nick, and now he is saying goodbye to Pete," a friend of Pete's tells me. "Let's hope Ashlee finds more happiness than Jessica did when she finds herself officially single again."

This pervert is determined to have his daughters with him forever and the reason........money. He needs their money. If they have families then he may have to get a real job. Where on earth has their mother been all these years that he has controlled every aspect of their lives. All he has done is make them unhappy. Nick was the best thing that ever happened to Jessica but he was too good for that bunch. Don't know anything about Ashlee's husband but not surprised he will be gone.

Why would you call him a "pervert"? That's pretty sick talk for someone you don't know! So far, he's a father causing grief by meddling into a daughters affairs (for the 2nd a time), but nothing more than that, so what's YOUR problem?

Joe is a bad man. He doesn't just wreck his daughters' lives and relationships - Ashlee and Pete have a child together. What kind of Grandfather busts up his grandchild's parents? He should be helping them to seek counseling or whatever they need to keep their family together.

Hey ajschrod-the reason that joycd calleddaddy dearest a pervert is because daddy dearest IS a pervert. Several years ago when asked what he thought was the reason for Jessica's success, he pointed at her chest and said "Double D's". Oh sure-that's a normal daddy.

Pervert? Correct. I read in an article that he said Jessica could make lot's of money with her big boobs. It's not natural for a father to be looking at and speaking publicly and his daughters boobs. It's not normal to hold on to your grown daughters, especially after they have been married and divorced. He's fine that he loves them, but they can't live in his house forever.

You people just eat this crap up! They don't need all this notoriety but you people keep giving it o them. Don't you have something better to do with your life? You people think they really care about you? To them you don't even exist! The hardest thing they do is going to the bathroom! I don't really care about them, they are peoplle like you and me. Get a life!

What the hell is it with this guy.....What kind of father is he....Why does he feel he has the need to interfere in his daughters lives....ANY NORMAL FATHER would be glad to see his daughters happy and married and parents....but no this guy seems to think because he gave them life THAT HE OWNS THEM....But I am not excusing his 2 dim witted daughters....IF THEY CAN'T SEE THAT HIS ACTIONS ARE THE CAUSE OF THEIR PROBLEMS....THAN THEY DESERVE WHAT THEY GET...But as an outsider, his relationship with both girls seems to be ABNORMAL...This guy needs a shrink BAD

The father is a douche, he is disgusting, He ruined Nick and Jessicas marriage now this,, Its like he wants them for himself, It saddens me. IM not an Ashlee fan but I cant deny that the father is a perv, He makes money off his daughters,

Blood's thicker than water, but money's thicker than blood. Ashley and Jessica are very different. Ashley has always made her own moves even when daddy didn't like it. I don't think it's dad's fault. They just grew apart but are not focusing in trying to keep the promise made, now affecting them AND their child. Both girls are old enough to know better than to do all daddy says. If not, then they're too stupid to be on their own.

They may be very different, but if this father does not stay out of his grown children lives, the, unless they are both very strong, will end up like Lindsay Lohan whose parents virtually destroyed her career with bad parenting. Mr. Simpson is obviously jealous that his daughters achieved the fame he did not. He should just butt out and let them lives their lives not him live it for them.

Thank you. That was my point. Fathers do not talk in interviews about their daughters boobs or any other body part. He has always been really wierd about them and says things that are not appropriate for a dad. The mother should definitly tell him to shut up. He was supposedly a preacher for heavens sake. He is just a leech sponging off his beautiful but kind of dense daughters.